Prosecutors believe she beat and stabbed her 65-year-old ex-boyfriend to death.

Friday morning, she was arraigned. The judge remanded her to Franklin County Jail without bail.

“This is the type of case where we may never know a motive,” said Franklin County District Attorney Derek Champagne.

Marking the first murder in Saranac Lake in over nine years, Ball was arrested on Nov. 26 after Saranac Lake village police found Ward Guy Wilbur dead from blunt force trauma.

According to village police, the suspect made the 911 call.

At this point in time, the prosecution said it expects some sort of insanity or mental illness plea to be made, but the defense said it is still exploring all options.

“That’s a possibility, but there's other possibilities and other defences that we're looking at,” said Ball’s Public Defender Thomas Soucia.

If the defense or the court files a psychiatric notice in the next 30 days, Champagne said there will be additional leads worth investigating.

“Now childhood, middle school, high school, any college, any employment history, any interaction with other people -- things that normally aren't relevant and wouldn't be material to this case would now become highly relevant and highly material,” said Champagne.

The prosecution and the defense said they are preparing to call a number of expert witnesses to the stand.

“On these types of cases there isn't really much more appropriate expenditure of tax payer dollars in trying to get to the death of one of our citizens,” said Champagne.

When Ball was arrested she was read her Miranda Rights and then proceeded to talk to police. After 11 hours passed, Ball requested an attorney.

The information she shared with police before asking to be assigned counsel may be incriminating.